Bill Pratt, a Veteran NGA Contractor, Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer and an Expert in Geospatial and Socio-Cultural Intelligence Analysis, Joins ERG Partners’ Advisory Board

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Enterprise Research Group LLC (“ERG Partners”) is pleased to announce the appointment of William D. Pratt II, a veteran of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the US Army, to its Advisory Board. The appointment is effective immediately.

Bill is the Founder and the Director of Research and Analysis of Courage Services, Inc., a provider of cultural and geographic research and analysis to the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.

Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1990. As a U.S. Army Officer he served as Operations Officer with 205th Military Intelligence Detachment, 302nd ASA Battalion. Among other operations he conducted air and ground reconnaissance, including aerial photographic surveillance operations, along the East-West German border.

Following his retirement from the U.S. Army, Bill worked as a Program Manager at BDM International with the U.S. National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) and the Defense Nuclear Agency.Previously Bill held various positions at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Between 2002 and2005, he was the Chief methodologist and researcher for the Research Studies Team within the NGA Office of Counter-Terrorism as an independent contractor.

“Bill brings tremendous expertise in the intelligence community, greatly enhancing the reach and depth of experience we can make available to our client base,” said Arpad Krizsan, co-Founder of ERG Partners.ERG co-founder Tapio Vaskio added, “We are honored that Bill, a leading authority in geospatial and socio-cultural intelligence analysis and a successful entrepreneur, has accepted this role, and look forward to working together with him and enhancing our ability to serve clients.”

“As a new member of the Advisory Board, Bill will play a critical role in supporting the business and clients of ERG Partners, and I couldn’t be happier to have him as a key member of the team,” added Robert Grenier, Chairman of ERG’s Advisory Board.

Bill Pratt responded: “From my own experience I can attest that ERG Partners has unique expertise in advising intelligence and security companies and I look forward to working closely with the management team to further expand ERG’s strong position in what is a very dynamic segment of the M&A market.”

About USERG Partners provides M&A and strategic advice to companies in the intelligence and security markets. For more information on ERG Partners, please visit www.ERGPartners.com.